Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Evolution AB (ST:EVOG), which rose 14.93% or 142.30 points to trade at 1,095.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Electrolux AB Class B (ST:ELUXb) added 4.02% or 4.00 points to end at 103.90 and Sinch AB (ST:SINCH) was up 1.92% or 0.54 points to 28.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which fell 5.49% or 8.70 points to trade at 149.80 at the close. Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb) declined 2.77% or 3.90 points to end at 137.10 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) was down 2.34% or 5.10 points to 212.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 389 to 373 and 77 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.40% or 0.99 to $69.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.25% or 0.94 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 11.80 to trade at $2,741.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.25% to 11.44, while USD/SEK unchanged 0.02% to 10.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.05.